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Courage is needed to ensure grooming gangs inquiry stays the course

There are good intentions from Labour, but Jess Phillips must rise to meet this challenge as weaponisation ramps up.

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Oct 23, 2025
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Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips

Every government promises to listen to women, but only a few are willing to hear them when their truths are inconvenient, uncomfortable, or messy.

Here, the grooming gangs inquiry was meant to be a turning point. After years of resistance, its creation was proof Britain could finally face one of its darkest institutiona…

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